Species Pinctada chemnitzi (Philippi, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Avicula chemnitzi Philippi, R.A. 1849. Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 6: 17-26 [19].
• Avicula glabra Gould, A.A. 1850. List of shells from the U.S. exploring expedition described by Dr. Gould. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 309-312 [310].
• Avicula tegulata Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Avicula. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 7] [junior homonym; not Avicula tegulata Goldfuss, 1836].
• Avicula lentiginosa Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Avicula. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 6, fig. 13].
• Avicula praetexta Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Avicula. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 7, fig. 15].
• Pinctada epitheca Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [336, pl. 5, figs 14, 14a] [replacement name; new name for Avicula tegulata non Goldfuss, 1836].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60343 dry, Townsville, QLD [19°16‘1.2‘S 146°49‘1.2‘E].
• Avicula occa Reeve, L.A. 1857. Monograph of the genus Avicula. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 8, fig. 24].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

 

Generic Combinations

• Pinctada chemnitzi (Philippi, 1849).
• Avicula (Meleagrina) chemnitzii (Philippi, 1849). —
  Dunker, W. 1872. Die Gattung Avicula in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. 1-56, pls 1-18 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 7. [15, pl. 3, fig. 5]
• Pteria (Margaritifera) chemnitzii (Philippi, 1849). —
  Jameson, L.H. 1901. On the identity and distribution of the mother-of-pearl oysters, with a revision of the subgenus Margaritifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901: 372-394, figs 92-95 [388]
• Pteria (Margaritifera) lentiginosa (Reeve, 1857). —
  Jameson, L.H. 1901. On the identity and distribution of the mother-of-pearl oysters, with a revision of the subgenus Margaritifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901: 372-394, figs 92-95 [387]
• Pteria (Margaritifera) praetexta (Reeve, 1857). —
  Jameson, L.H. 1901. On the identity and distribution of the mother-of-pearl oysters, with a revision of the subgenus Margaritifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901: 372-394, figs 92-95 [387]
• Meleagrina tegulata (Reeve, 1857). —
  Paetel, F. 1890. Catalog de Conchylien-Sammlung. Vol. 3 3-256, plus indexes. [206]
• Pteria (Margaritifera) tegulata (Reeve, 1857). —
  Jameson, L.H. 1901. On the identity and distribution of the mother-of-pearl oysters, with a revision of the subgenus Margaritifera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901: 372-394, figs 92-95 [392]

 

Introduction

The following additional synonyms are given by Huber (2010):

Probably Avicula cetra Reeve, 1857 - No locality
Pinctada shimizuensis Wada & Wada, 1953 - Honshu, Japan
Probably Avicula marmorata Philippi, 1849 - China Sea

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sand bottom marine.

 

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Hynd, J.S. 1955. A revision of the Australian pearl-shells, genus Pinctada (Lamellibranchia). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6: 98-137 [123] (taxonomic characters; generic names; generic subdivisions and phylogenetic relationships; key to Australian species; description of species; doubtful species and records)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [104, fig. 251]

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [883, fig. 14]

Virabhadra Rao, K. 1968. Pearl Oysters of the Indian Region. Marine Biological Association of India, Symposium Series 1968: 1017-1028 [1023]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	28-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	PTERIOIDEA	13-Sep-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		17-Nov-2010	ADDED
		17-Nov-2010	MODIFIED